U.S. President Donald Trump said Air Force pilots described a round object passing an F-22 at three times their speed, but the interview transcript gives no date or location for the reported encounter.
In a CBS interview published Nov. 8, Trump said he had met Air Force pilots in the Oval Office during both his first and second terms and considered them credible. He called himself “not too much of a believer,” but said the pilots had told him about unusual experiences. The transcript does not identify the pilots or include flight or sensor records supporting this account. Trump also gave no absolute speed for the object.
Asked about claims of a secret government program to study unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), Trump said he had not heard of one or seen evidence of it. He said he would look into the matter after the interview.
The U.S. Department of War says it is publishing UAP records in batches as they are found and declassified, following a directive from Trump. Its portal labels cases unresolved when the available information is insufficient to determine what was observed. That label signals that the evidence has not yielded a firm identification; it does not establish an object’s origin.
A 2024 historical review by the All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO) said it found no confirmation of extraterrestrial technology in a UAP sighting among the U.S. government investigations, academic-sponsored research and official review panels it examined. The review said past investigations attributed most of the sightings they examined to ordinary objects or phenomena, or to misidentification, while some cases remained unresolved.
EconoTimes has previously covered gaps in U.S. UAP research.
